Paper-bag holder



Jan. 23, 1923. 1,443,320

G. F. GARLAND. PAPER BAG HOLDER. ORIGINAL FILED Nov. 22. 1920,

Patented Jan. 23, 1923.

. inane enonen r. GARLAND, or Mnnronn, MASSACHUSETTS, assrenon, BY manor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, or ONE-THIRD To JAMES c. snownnn AND ONE-THIRD To LOUIS BonLnNenI, BOTH or scorn wnYMoUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. I

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

Application filed November 22, 1920, Serial N0. 425,665. Renewed October 28, 1922. Serial No. 597,694.

T 0 all to from it may concern Be it lmownthat 1, (inches F. GARLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Bag .Holders of which the following is a full,,-clear, and exact specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of an improved means for suspending a quantity of paper bags in such a manner that the inner one thereof can be readily withdrawn without disturbing the others.

To this end I provide a pair of gripping jaws, one of which is formed with serrations or teeth, between which jaws is introduced a bunch of folded paper bags, the innermost one of which in the folded hunch is in each case the one to be removed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Fig. l. is a front view of the paper bag holder, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the holder showing it as supporting a bunch of paper bags. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the adjustable clamping device.

The main body of the bag holder I prefor to form from heavy sheet metal. folded and curved to compose a flat back 1 and a curved front 2. The back 1 has its lower edge bent forward and serrated, as at 3 in Fig. 1, while the front 2 is formed with a substantially semi-circular edge, the lower section l of which approaches somewhat closely to the serrations To the inner surface of the jaw 2 is slidably attached a clamping tongue 5 suitably held by pins 6 passing through a slot 7 in the shank of the tongue. A. lever 9 loosely fulcrumed at 10 is connected with the upper end of the tongue by a pin 11 movable in a slot 12 in the front jaw so that by swinging the free end 13 of the lever 9 up or down, the tongue 5 is moved away from or nearer to the serrations 3. The end 13 is made secure at any desired point by means of holes or indentations 14. into which a projection 15 from the lever is designed to enter.

The lower end of the tongue 5 is curved over upon itself to form a substantially shepherds crook. as at 16, and the lower section of the tongue is bent away from the surface of the aw 2, as shown in F 1,9,.2,

in order to provide a more resilient pres sure against the bags between the same and the serrations 3. r a r In use, the bag holder is suspended by means ofhooks 17 from a rackdesigned to hold several thereof, and a bunch of like paper bags, as 19, is folded over along a line nearer their bottoms than their mouths,

and is pressed intoeither side of the holder,

until the bags hang as shown in Fig. 3. Before doing this, the tongue 5 is shifted to its limit away from the serrations '3; but after the bags are in place, the tongue is pressed toward the bags to a suitable extent, depending upon the thickness of the folded bunch.

When a bag is to be removed. the innermost bag 19 is gripped and pulled downward and out from within the others, the edge below the'others being the one taken hold of. lVhile this innermost bag is being withdrawn, the resilient pressure of the tongue 5 holds the remainder of the bunch firmly againstthe serrations 3, so that the friction thereof keeps the others securely in place. In actual practice the bags will all remain in place while each of the others is being withdrawn, until the very last one.

By having the lower portion of the tongue 15 normally bent away from the portion 4;

0f the front jaw 2, the crook 16 swings outward to relieve the pressure caused by pulling each bag down and out while ensuring against more than that one. coming out at the same time.

What I claim is: l. A bag holder comprising two jaws having their extremities near each other, the in terlor portions of the jaws being separated ticalslot, a tongue contacting with the in terior surface of said curved jaw, and an operating and clamping means at the ex terior of the curved. jaw connected with said tongue through. said slot.

4. A bag holder comprising two jaws having their extremities near each other, the interior portions of the jaws being separated farther than their extremities, a tongue slidably carried by one of said jaws, and a lever pivoted at one end to the last named jaw and connected with said tongue for its forcible adjustment;

5. A bag holder comprising a sheet of metal bent to form two jaws having their extremities near together but having their intermediate portions separated farther than their extremities, a tongue slidably supported by one of said jaws upon its inner surface, a lever pivoted at one end to the outer surface of the last-named jaw, and a pin attached to said lever and tongue, the

jaw having a slot for the reception of said pin and a series of holes, and the lever having a projection for engagement with said holes for locking the lever and tongue in place.

6. A hag holder comprising a sheet of metal bent to form two jaws having their extremities near together but having their intermediate portions separated farther than their extremities, one of said jaws being flat and formed with serrated lower edge bent toward the other iaw, and a tongue slidably carried by the last-mentioned jaw and having its'lower end curved over into the shape of a Shepherds crook and its lower portion bent normally away from the supporting jaw.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing invention, I have hereunto set'my hand this 13th day of November, 1920.

GEORGE F. GARLAND. 

